Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1870 [PAGE 134]

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118 The following bills were then audited and allowed :

March " " " " " " April " " " 10 11 " 31 22 28 " 6 " " " G. S. Upstone, farm labor, and repairing cistern Champaign Gas Light Co., gas fixtures " " pipes, etc Fuller, Finch & Fuller, glass for green-house J. J. Thomas, 1 rotary harrow Elisha Eldred, lumber for garden barn Union Coal Co., 2 cars of coal E. Snyder, account of petty expense Prof. Bliss, postage stamps Cobb &.Warrener, Norway oats.... J. Moore, old barrels for garden $132 IT 18122 115 00 242 54 23 25 206 45 30 00 27 44 5 30 26 00 3 00

It was ordered, that Mr. Frank's wages be fixed at $75 00 per month; and that he be charged at the rate of $100 per year, for house r e n t ; and that the Regent be authorized to allow him a garden spot, and such other needful things, as a pump for the cistern, and shrubbery to adorn the grounds, at the discretion of the Regent. On motion, it was ordered, that Norway spruce be substituted for Austrian pine, in the shelter belt on the south side of the orchard. A plan, presented by the Regent, for a house on the Experimental farm, was adopted, except that it was ordered to be built two stories high, with such changes in roof as the change in plan might require. On motion of Judge Brown, It was voted, that the Regent and Mr. Cobb, be authorized to purchase all necessary lumber and building material for the buildings. On motion, it was ordered, that the gardener's barn, and the house on the Experimental farm, be built by the carpenter oi the University. On motion of Judge Cunningham, It was ordered, that the Regent advertise for separate sealed bids for the stone work, carpenter work, painting, and excavation, (carpenter work to include plumbing), for the farm barn; these bids to be filed by the next meeting of the Executive Committee. On motion of Judge Cunningham, It was voted, that when the committee adjourn, it adjourn to the 2d Thursday in May (12th). On motion of Mr. Pickrell, It was voted, that the Chairman of the Finance Committee be